Portable lamp



@.JF. msm PORTABLE LAMP.

4 r APPLICATION FlLED APR. 9| i920.

Ementei Jam ws i922 z Sams-,sam 1.

WITNESSES G.F. BASON.

PORTABLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9,1920.

Patented Jail. 10, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

l/I/I/E/VTUI? IPETELE meses@n Appunti@ mee .epm e,

To all whom may con/cem VBev 1t known that, L Gemme F. Besen, e

citizen of the United Ssfes, and a1 resident,

of the ctyef New York? bowugh o Bench- 1n in bhe count' of Kines and Stets @if .l /l w L cuef il@ the beek 0i me senil mentos' vvehicles 111 such when the opestec pcjecs 's ''scm the vehce to lndlcate ius ne); l mpleted movement, a .slgnel will lfm H feo the drveys of folowiug cess.,

It is e furth'ef object of Ehe present nvension to so construct a lamp of wie ci that; he same maybe. used fm cile). pm poses, such, for exampe, as a Ycuue Elgin around the car, e parking iw 5 of: am inside lamp? and Le hs end s' Sdf'usbe bmcke adapted to eneose he amp and support the seme et various points shouf; the eer., is pw Ved.

i: is a urche object of the preseu; invention to construct er emp chat is may hsve .e plurality of glasses of deenf. colors, (me of which may be des? for use as s rouee lamp, the other being colored red fm: use as e signal Vvi'h che above ani @shes Objects in View, reference is ha@ te he accompanying drew ings, in which I Figure l is e perspective View Gf e lamp .constructed and errsnge in accc'fdence with the plesen invention, and showing its method -o'f attachmen the hemd cf au operator, the hand being shown Ain dette@ lines;

Fig. 2 is a View pmtialy in verticfjl section and partay in elevation, of he kamp;

3 is s View in elevation the smp with s suppor'iing bracket attached, and

Fig. e is a perspective View ofthe supporting bgracket.

Referring mole parcicumly to the fawings, the reference cheracelf 5 designawes the lamp housing which is prefernby cucul'ar in form, em leading into the lamp housing is e. tubum member G. The tubuar member` 6 is edepe to receive the tting conform te the general shape of he beck 0f Gf en incandescent amp 8, and the fitting 9 ci s sutabe source of current supply 1.0, by means of which the incandescent amp is supplied with cui-rent The tubee1`mem-6 be? 8 is pl'viced wish en inner double bayc- I uci'. sini l, bj; means mf which the emp is secured iis pecce, and en outer doube bey@ I TEE, by," ci which the fitting; 9 is semi' eci piece. Y

cezrc cy e s ve t0 he i' 'lavi'xn the lamp hmssingg z ve l? forms she means for' supportm a @jess 3, which is preeraby red, end is edapcdltc :me @ne side ci the houslxgz 5. The opgwsie @pen side 0i the housing is adapted te ae c'ose by'meens of e weer .:ass ig carried by e hood 20. The hoo pm vdea'? s' seduced portion 2 "ccney engage. the lamp ,Sucre/ Gestion 21 forming" msc 'which the glass 195s eine-fi.

fm' feminine; she glass 19-1`1 pcsiiion egens; he F.Queudez' 22, a. resilient wire 53 is pcvded and ifle ends of this wir@ poject thfcuge an cpening 24 in the heed 20, The cams edge' mi the hood 20 is pleemby curved. in @des that it. may

he heed, and so provide fes its attachment 9? to the heed? swaps S36 and 2? secured es diemetricey epposte peints is the hec 20, the straps 27 being' provided Wxh bucket 28 by ineens of whch ehe lamp isy secured in gmsion.

JLigdy cam-ie@ ley Ahe ism? @musing 5 is a iup; and seid lug has 23W@ fighi-angular projections 3G which prm'ide am nevenizg space Si? the 'pulpose which wi be hexe m'fex descbe.

The cevice es thas escribe. is sepzed ic be stfeppe. updn he beck of he eend es ustraed in L sncf. when in this posifm, it Wifi be seen ist if the operato? psc jecs his hemel @om the csrs e Ted ight Wm be projeced bfmupgh she gass 18 n. e manner Je be ceery readable by occupante o e foflowinp; car', 'When the device is n this position, it W be seen that the light passing houghhe dem' glass 19 will be M0 pojeced sgeilzs the beck 01' he hemd mld said light W 110i: be vsbme,

To provide `for supporting the lamp about the ear in order that the light may be pro jected upon the various parts upon which it is desired to operate, a bracket is employed. The bracket consists ot a piece of resilient Wire bent intermediate ot' its ends as at 4l), to provide two parallel arms 4l. Each ot' these parallel arnisti is provided with afsubstantially right-angularly dispose-d curved portion 42, and these eurved portions 42 are adapted to embrace the iainpfhousing 5 be- .hind the pins 16, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3. The arms 41 are angularl)v disposed with respect to each other, and slidable thereover in such a manner as to contract said arms 41, is a collar 42', which through its movement expands or contracts the diameter of the tivo curved arms 4l and causes them to either grip or release the lanip housing 5.

After forming the two curved portions the strands of wire are twisted and rigidly secured together as at 45, throughout a poi'- tion of .their length, and said strands are then separated as at 4G, and terminate in angularly disposed arins 47, each of which is provided with a cur\'cd extremity 48. This curved| extreniityii ma)v be suitably covered with a tubular rubber body or an)7 other means to prevent its scratching'- or marringthe part with which it is engaged to support the lamp.

As shown in Fig. 3. when the lamp housing is positioned within the curved portions 42, the base ot' the twisted portion 45 is adapted to he received within the space 3l between the right-angular projections 3() ot' lthe lug 29. By this construction,v it will be' seen that the lamp may be supported at any convenient position in order to proiect Aa light through the clear glass l?) when it 'is desired to work on anyY portion ofthe car.

It will be further noted that the present invention provides a lamp which may he used both as a signal to indicate the eoiitenrplated movement on the part of the driver of a car, and a troublel light when it is necessary to repair or work upon the car.

Claims: l. A signal lamp comprising a housin having oppositely disposed open walls, a colored glass secured in one of said open walls, a plain glass mounted in the other of said open walls and oppositely disposed with respect to said colored glass, said housing' havin,' r a portion soforrned as to tit upon the operators hand, said portion being adjacent one ot' said, open walls so that with the lamp in position upon the operatoins hand one ot' said glasses is obscured, and securing means tor securing said housing' upon the.'

operatoi"s hand.

2. A device ot' the character described con'iprisingl a housing having a pair ot' oppoysiteluv disposed open walls, a colored glass secured in one ot said open walls, a plain glass mounted in the other ot' said open Walls and oppositely disposed with respect to said colored glass, said housing being so formed that it may be titted against the operators hand in such manner as to cause the opcrators hand to obscure one ot said glasses, means for securing said housing upon the operator-s hand, and a bracket for ten'il'iorarily mountingsaid housing' upon a suitable mechanical support so as to support said housing iudependently'ot the operators hand,

Geo. r. BAsoN. 

